The remake comes amid a string of '80s cartoon reboots, including the updated My Little Pony TV series, a 3D version of Inspector Gadget, the latest big-screen adaptation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Disney's upcoming refresh of the DuckTales.

Where did the fun go?' asked another fan. 'Jem and the Holograms looks truly, truly outrageously BAD. 'I have seen the Jem and the Holograms movie trailer and my 11 year old self calls b-llsh-t,' said another. 'No Misfits, no magical transformation machine (aka Hologram), wtf?' 'Thanks for ruining Jem for me,' tweeted one fan. Universal appears to have alienated fans of the original series by updating the story for the digital age, and when the trailer hit the Internet Tuesday, they quickly took to Twitter to express their rage. Juliette Lewis plays a ruthless record label executive who styles and Photoshops the girls into Jem and the Holograms. Universal's remake, starring Aubrey Peeples as Jerrica, centres on a shy teen who rockets to stardom after her sister Kimber (Stefanie Scott) posts a video of her singing on YouTube.

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